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05 Dec 09

Tao Te(a)Ching

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teaching tao

28 Oct 09

cfe - literacypp

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the set of skills which allows an individual to engage fully in society and in learning, through the different forms of language, and the range of texts, which society values and finds useful.

cfe » literacypp

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the diversity of language
the diversity of language
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- creative thinking
- broad descriptions
- and the range of texts,
- those that are used regularly by everyone in their everyday lives
- effective collaborative working
- critical literacy
- trust
- when and how
- should
- As a first step, you might want to consider the ways in which you use listening, talking, reading and writing for learning day to day in your teaching programmes.
  - Carry out an audit of existing practice with a view to seeing how it relates to the outcomes. - on 2009-10-28
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- Where you answer ‘yes’ to these questions, you are contributing to the development of the literacy of the learners for whom you are responsible.
  - I keep coming back to the basic question that underpins all improvement in schools: "How do you know?"
    
    Implied is that we will be constantly monitoring and evaluating progress by the pupils. This does happen, but are we expected to keep a reccord? Is this is an area where some form of e-portfolio/self-evaluation by the pupils would be of benefit? - on 2009-10-28
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26 Oct 09

ahenglish - Winter Trees

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pietas

16 Oct 09

Elements of Language: Model Bank Home

Writing models for schools

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education school writing toolkits

08 Oct 09

SpeEdChange: The Bookburners

Ban Books, Ban Learning, Ban The Internet, Ban Banning....

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web filtering censorship

02 Oct 09

academhack » Blog Archive » Seriously Can We End This Debate Already

Britannica vs Wikipedia... Wiki wins!
Academic points being made about the difference.

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wikipedia britannica research secondary texts

27 Sep 09

We Blog Cartoons » Blog Archive » Procrastination

I think I will go and have a little look at the internet...

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humour procrastination internet cartoon

22 Sep 09

MAUS Resources on the Web

Great collection of resources for Art Speigelman's Maus.

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maus links art speigelman

05 Sep 09

Writing right | Education | Education Guardian

A quick discussion over grammar/spelling and their importance...

There are a couple of poems/doggerel that may be worth using/remembering

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writing grammar spelling essay

01 Sep 09

Connections Research Blog » Blog Archive » 5 Cautions For Wikis in Classrooms

5 Cautions about wiki use...

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wikis research

30 Aug 09

Stanford Study of Writing - Home

Stanford University Study of Writing — Some interesting findings with regards to pupils ability to choose appropriate register/tone/vocabulary depending on their audience...

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writing study student meta analysis

What Should Colleges Teach? - Stanley Fish Blog - NYTimes.com

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It’s hard to quarrel with this list;

Clive Thompson on the New Literacy

Before the Internet came along, most Americans never wrote anything, ever, that wasn't a school assignment. Unless they got a job that required producing text (like in law, advertising, or media), they'd leave school and virtually never construct a paragraph again.

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writing ageism youth

23 Aug 09

CPD Scotland - CPDFind home

LTS CPD Find online home... Limited search. Needs to be able to search by category, eg: Primary/secondary/ICT/langages

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CPD online LTS CPDfind Scottish Education

10 Jul 09

Video Cameras in iPods: Bad News for YouTube? - Advertising Age - DigitalNext

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YouTube users are already uploading 20 hours of video a minute to the service and, thanks to dead-simple, one-touch uploads on iPhones and iPods, that will quickly increase.

09 Jul 09